Muhammad Yunus Last night I caught a fascinating interview with Muhammad Yunus [book: Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty]. Mr. Yunus started a bank in one of the world’s poorest countries. His first loan was for $27 dollars and it was shared between 42 people…and it made a big difference in their lives. He gave loans...

Cashflow 101 Game To hell with other people…I’ve been having such a struggle trying to find other people to play the Cashflow 101 game with I just decided to play alone. Welcome to the second installment of Rich Dad Wednesdays. Last week it was The Other Side – Too Much Money so logically this week I’m changing the subject completely...

Robert and Kim Kiyosaki on the Celebration Show While stumbling around on the Rich Dad forums a couple days ago I found a link that my buddy emorgan had posted to a video of Robert and Kim Kiyosaki being interviewed on a TV show that I hadn’t heard of called the Celebration show. It looks like a kind of soft sell Christian show [I know Robert sometimes get...

This morning during my morning bike ride… brief tangent: it’s funny now that I’m working at home I have imposed an artificial”commute” onto myself. I found that rolling out of bed and plopping straight down at my computer wasn’t very productive. I needed to get out into the air a bit to wake up my brain, so I go for a random bike...

Lets take a moment to put our desire to get rich into perspective. I stumbled across Freegan.info and it was kind of a sobering site to visit. It’s fine to want to make money and all, but lets not lose sight of the effects that a globe full of rampant consumers is having on the Earth that we are dependent on. Here’s the definition of a...

1 family in 69 declared bankruptcy last year Average credit card debt is over $8500 89% of all divorces are caused by financial arguments and quarrels The average family spends 10% more than their take-home pay Money can be tough to come to terms with as it touches on our deepest concerns for survival. I guess that it has become “the” symbol of survival...